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| David McCabe / New York Times: |
A US judge says Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising tech, the second time in a year a court found Google acted illegally — The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.
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| Bloomberg: |
In her ruling, Judge Brinkema says Google did not meet the monopoly definition for tools used to buy display ads, but did for ad exchanges and website ad tools — Sandberg Challenged Over Meta Business Moves During FTC Trial — Google's AI Overviews Echo Anti-Abortion Messaging, Report Finds
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| @newsfromgoogle: |
Google says “we won half of this case and we will appeal the other half” of the US antitrust ruling, and “we disagree” with the decision on its publisher tools — “We won half of this case and we will appeal the other half. The Court found that our advertiser tools and our acquisitions, such as DoubleClick, don't harm competition. We disagree with the Court's decision regarding our publisher tools. Publishers have many options and they
| Axios: |
The DOJ and 17 US states that brought the antitrust case seek to force Google to sell off its “network” ad business, which is ~12% of Alphabet's total revenue — Google's dominance of the online advertising and ad-tech markets violates U.S. antitrust laws, a federal court ruled Thursday …
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| Washington Post: |
Sources: Tim Cook spoke to the US Commerce Secretary last week about how tariffs could affect iPhone prices before Trump exempted products from Apple and others — Apple's CEO Tim Cook spoke to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick last week about the potential impact of the tariffs on iPhone prices.
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Reuters, WinBuzzer, MacDailyNews, and Tom's Guide
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| Financial Times: |
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in China on April 16 and visited Beijing on April 17, a source says to meet officials to discuss Trump's new chip export rules — Meetings with Chinese vice-premier and DeepSeek founder come after US clamps down on chipmaker's sales to China
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Global Payments shares plunge 15%+ and FIS shares jump 9%+ after Global Payments said it's buying Worldpay from FIS and GTCR and selling Issuer Solutions to FIS — Global Payments shares tumbled 17% on Thursday after the company said it is buying Worldpay for more than $24 billion … | Steve Dickson / Bloomberg: |
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 12.5% YoY to $10.54B, vs. $10.51B est., net income of $2.89B, and stops reporting number of subscribers on a quarterly basis — Netflix is no longer reporting number of subscribers on a quarterly basis. But it's still motoring on a hot growth engine … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
The Wikimedia Foundation partners with Kaggle to release a dataset of “structured Wikipedia content in English and French” optimized for AI model training — Data science platform Kaggle is hosting a Wikipedia dataset that's specifically optimized for machine learning applications.
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| Jakob McWhinney / Voice of San Diego: |
US community colleges are battling a flood of fake, or bot, students who bilk financial aid by enrolling in online classes and submitting AI-generated work — Community colleges have been dealing with an unprecedented phenomenon: fake students bent on stealing financial aid funds.
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google is offering its Google One AI Premium plan for free to US college students until spring 2026; students have until June 30, 2025, to sign up — That's more than a year of free access to Gemini tools. — Google is the latest AI service provider to court users in higher education.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram launches Blend, an invite-only, personalized Reels feed for users and their friends in a group chat with new content everyday — Instagram on Thursday announced that it's rolling out Blend, a new feature that lets you create a custom, personalized reels feed for you and your friends.
More: Engadget, CNET, Forbes, The Verge, Fast Company, Digital Trends, WinBuzzer, TechRadar, and Mashable
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Perplexity is in discussions to integrate its AI assistant on Samsung's devices and has reached an agreement to preload Perplexity on Motorola's phones — Perplexity AI Inc., an artificial intelligence startup vying with Google and OpenAI, is ramping up efforts to get prime placement for its virtual assistant on smartphones.| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
LMArena says it's starting a company, whose corporate name will be Arena Intelligence, with plans to raise money, and releases a new beta version of its website — Chatbot Arena, an academic research project whose website has become a popular place for visitors to try out new artificial intelligence models, is turning into a company.| Paige Smith / Bloomberg: |
Leaked email: the US CFPB plans a 50% reduction in supervisory activities and a shift in focus from fintech companies back to traditional banks — America's top consumer financial watchdog has spelled out its priorities under the Donald Trump era, including a dramatic cut to supervision … | Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Former YC President Geoff Ralston launches Safe AI Fund, or SAIF, providing initial funding of $100K with a $10M cap to startups that “enhance AI safety” — Geoff Ralston, well-known in the startup community for his years at Y Combinator, is back in the formal investing ring, he announced Thursday.| Justin Ling / Wired: |
New Jersey's AG sues Discord, alleging the platform's features to keep children under 13 safe from sexual predators and harmful content are inadequate — The New Jersey attorney general claims Discord's features to keep children under 13 safe from sexual predators and harmful content are inadequate.| Kyle Barr / Gizmodo: |
Framework Laptop 13 review: it's modular and customizable, has a great keyboard and improved thermals, but it's pricey and the screen's brightness can be better — The Framework 13 now feels like a laptop that's more than a modular, repairable novelty. It's now a device that's a joy to both build and use.| Reuters: |
China bans automakers from using “smart driving” or “autonomous driving” in ads for driver-assist tech and tightens scrutiny after a fatal Xiaomi EV crash — China is banning automakers from using the terms “smart driving” and “autonomous driving” …
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| Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: |
Sources: Amazon plans to release its first TV streaming device with its Vega OS, used in some Echo devices, in 2025 and is courting publishers to add their apps — Also: AI for VR … Amazon continues to pursue a transition away from Android for its TV hardware: The company plans to release … | Laura Rodríguez Salamanca / Rest of World: |
Workers and researchers say data annotation jobs that many Venezuelans relied on have become scarce and poorly paid with the rise of generative AI — Venezuela has long provided the tech industry with cheap, educated workers. But with the rise of generative AI, jobs have become less lucrative and harder to find.
Forums: Beehaw
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google is making Gemini Live camera and screen sharing features free for all Android users in the coming weeks after launching them for Advanced users last week — Last week, Google started widely rolling out Gemini Live camera and screen sharing to Advanced subscribers … Sponsor Posts
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